Be solar eclipse ready: How to photograph it, safely

Posted - August 13 201704:59

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Be solar eclipse ready: How to photograph it, safely

The total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21 will be the first total solar eclipse in 99 years. Because the heat from the sun is blocked as well as the light, it will slowly but surely become cooler, resulting in a spooky eclipse breeze. This extraordinary cosmic spectacle will pass through 13 states, and everyone in the continental US will have the opportunity to see at least a partial eclipse, making it the most widely viewed American eclipse of all time. However, if you watched the sun before totality, you will catch a glimpse of the brilliant solar surface and this can cause retinal damage.

Your eye acts like a magnifying glass, focusing light onto your retina, light-sensitive tissue made up of rods and cone photoreceptors in the back of your eyeball.

"When the eclipse happened and it went total, we were in about 30 seconds of eclipse that day". It's as simple as remembering that of course, we can not and should not look at the sun with the naked eye as well. In conditions like this, approaching cars, with their high beams on, can blind you.

The email sent by Amazon doesn't specify the exact nature of the defect, but does warn against using the glasses to view the eclipse directly. "This is a great option for viewing the eclipse together as a family, especially if you have been unable to secure a pair of eclipse glasses", said Karyn Perdue, education program manager for The Lab. "Solarscopes actually allow you to see the sun in greater detail". The sun and the moon appear to be the same size, but the sun is 400 times larger and 400 times further from Earth.

Also something to consider, is the idea of making your own pinhole project to look at the eclipse. Particles called neutrinos pass through the solid body of the moon during the eclipse and a second later reach Earth and pass through it, too.

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Many know they're not supposed to look directly at the eclipse with the naked eye, but some may not realize that the lens on your camera will not offer any protection for your vision, KGW reported.

Due to the earth's spherical shape, the 60- to 70-mile-wide umbra will sprint eastward across a swath from OR to SC at 2,900 miles per hour at the West Coast, slowing to 1,500 miles per hour by the time it reaches the East Coast.

Many online sellers are third-party vendors on Amazon, but higher prices and extended shipping dates, some beyond the August 21 eclipse date, are being reported, according to Business Insider.

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